Health care

Texas Rep. Kevin Brady is taking full advantage of his role as chair of the House Ways & Means Committee’s health subcommittee to take a look — a very close look — at the Medicare system. His recent hearing on the nation’s retirement health system elicited some alarming testimony from the chairman of the Medicare […]
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Texas on the Potomac regularly shares political commentary from acr0ss the political spectrum. Today, we republish an editorial that first appeared in the print edition of the Houston Chronicle. Silly us. We thought maybe this would be the first legislative session in the last half decade or so without a Rick Perry political campaign to […]
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Rick Perry came to Washington to deliver his usual message about Texas having the most business-friendly climate in the USA. “There is a land of opportunity in America and it is called Texas,” the Texas governor told the Texas State Society this morning. But it didn’t turn out to be your average Perry political appearance. […]
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TexMessage Thursday, February 14 Good morning TexMessagers! Is Congress doing enough for returning veterans? TEXclusive Representatives of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs testified Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill about the growing problem of veteran suicides. Rep. Bill Flores, R-Bryan, a member of the House Veteran’s Affairs Committee, said the rate of suicides were increasing, due […]
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Ron Paul has been making news for four decades with his blunt pronouncements on the Constitution, the Federal Reserve, U.S. interventionism, freedom and liberty. Here is a representative sampling of 50 quotations from speeches, books and newsletters that sum up the essence of the Texas lawmaker and three-time presidential candidate: His philosophy in a nutshell […]
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In the aftermath of a second consecutive White House setback, there is a bigger disconnect than ever between the mood of national Republicans and Texas GOP loyalists. While national Republicans are downcast about the future and pointing the finger of blame, Texas Republicans are upbeat and almost giddy about being the leaders of the resistance to Barack Obama’s second-term agenda, from comprehensive immigration reform to implementation of the 2010 health-reform law widely known as Obamacare.
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The experts are unanimous: Mitt Romney was the better debater in Denver. But which candidate was the better truth-teller?

Texas on the Potomac analyzed the results of fact-checking web sites and came to this conclusion: Most of the fact-finders found that Obama was more factual, although some called the battle of the facts a tie.